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[Mon, 12 Apr 2004]
Civic Institutions In India...
So the Supreme Court has once again expressed anger/frustation at the Gujarat state machinery for what they didn't do. Every time someone comes up with how the "recent" wave of intolerance in India and the rightward shift in politics is doomed to destroy its democracy, its useful to be able to point them to things like these and tell them why the Indian civic system is stronger than what people give it credit for.
Reminds me of an exchange that took place last week at HBS. Indian students at HBS had organized a day-long India Business Conference, complete with big names and all. During a panel discussion, somebody asked Montek Singh Ahluwalia if the civic structures in India are degrading and isn't this degradation disastrous for the Indian democracy. His reply was "well, that's not really true. Some institutional change is normal as a democracy matures. And many elements of the civic life have become stronger [- the election commission, the supreme court, and the various NGOs etc..]"
Overheard...
From a friend: "Never work for a hot female. She has too many hooks into your brain." :-))